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The new feature ‘Vascular Age’ was developed by cardiologists to provide an easy-to-understand assessment of arterial health – just by stepping on the scale
Letombe says Withings is committed to getting all its products medically validated in each market
sleep apnoea. We’re ultimately bringing health monitoring technologies that people would typically find in a doctor’s office into the home, in PHOTO: Withings
order to help patients and their physicians make lasting and sometimes life-saving changes. We clinically validate all our products and ensure they have the certifications needed to confirm their medical-grade capabilities.
How do you compete with the big tech companies, and all the new wearables flooding the market?
Tell us about your latest technology We have some new technologies that we’re
very excited about. One is ScanWatch, the first clinically-validated hybrid smartwatch to detect
We design all our products to be non-intrusive
both AFib and overnight breathing disturbances.
and simple to use. Whether a customer is tech-
Developed with medical experts, it also monitors
savvy or a tech novice, our products are easy to
activity, heart rate and oxygen saturation (SpO2).
live with. We’ve accomplished this by creating
It’s Withings’ most medically advanced wearable
devices that have long battery lives so that people
– ScanWatch is advancing the field by helping
don’t have to worry about charging them daily.
people improve their overall health and detect
In addition to our products having a beautiful
prevalent, yet underdiagnosed cardiovascular
design aesthetic, they also provide people with
and sleep conditions. Like our other devices,
medical-grade technologies that they can use to
it boasts a battery life of up to 30 days and is
monitor serious health conditions like AFib and
built into a traditional analogue watch design.
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